Microwave assisted ignition to achieve combustion synthesis

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 151-164

  Balakrishnan, E ^a   Nelson, M I ^b   Chen, X D ^c  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Combustion; Microwaves; Self propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 52549099987     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1173912601000128     Document Type: Article

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